Barcelona 5-0 Leganes: Griezmann, Lenglet, Arthur and Messi (x2)
Barca played 4-3-3 and easily stormed past Lega to reach the quarters
It’s hard to take too much from this stroll in the park, but Quique Setien can breathe easy after a tough start as Barcelona thrashed lowly Leganes to reach the Copa del Rey quarter-finals.
FC BARCELONA
5 ________________ 0
LEGANÉS
LINE UP
FC BARCELONA
Ter Stegen, Semedo, Piqué, Lenglet, Alba (Junior, 62'), Busquets, Arturo Vidal (Rakitic, 60'), De Jong, Messi, Ansu Fati y Griezmann (Arthur, 72').
LEGANÉS
Cuéllar, Rosales, Rodrigo Tarín, Awaziem, Siovas, Silva (Rodrigues, 55'), Roque Mesa (Eraso, 55'), Rubén Pérez, Ruibal, Óscar Rodríguez y Braithwaite (Plomer, 70').
GOLES
1-0, Griezmann (4'). 2-0, Lenglet (27'). 3-0, Messi (59'). 4-0, Arthur (78'). 5-0, Messi (89').
ÁRBITRO
Cuadra Fernández (Baleares). T.A.: Rubén Pérez (25'), Awaziem (73'), Rodri Tarín (82').
INCIDENCIAS
Partido correspondiente a la eliminatoria de octavos de final de la Copa del Rey disputado en el Camp Nou ante 43.216 espectadores.
Antoine Griezmann, Clement Lenglet, Arthur Melo and Lionel Messi (x2) got the goals for Barca against their heavily rotated opponents.
It took France striker Griezmann just four minutes to break the deadlock, when he swept home Nelson Semedo’s cutback.
Griezmann had the ball in the net again minutes later but it was ruled offside after a lengthy VAR check and stricken from the records. It didn’t matter.
Lenglet nodded home Messi’s corner to double the Blaugrana advantage and the Argentine was on the scoresheet himself just before the hour mark.
Messi’s low effort deflected past the helpless Pichu Cuellar and secured Barcelona’s win, with Arthur stabbing in a fourth after Ansu Fati and Messi were denied.
The Argentine didn’t like his shot being blocked match and completed his brace by rounding Cuellar and finishing with aplomb.
Barcelona join reining champions Valencia, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Villarreal, Athletic Bilbao and Granada in Friday’s draw, with Sevilla facing Mirandes later as they bid to join them.
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